Best PlacesNepaug, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nepaug, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Nepaug ranks 1,669th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nepaug
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Nepaug's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nepaug ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Nepaug ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,409 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nepaug
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nepaug home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,383, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Nepaug's effective rate of 1.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nepaug
Nepaug runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nepaug.
Who works in Nepaug, and how
Work in Nepaug centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Nepaug
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nepaug.
What the weather is like in Nepaug, month by month
Nepaug sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Nepaug
Bradley International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Nepaug
Schools across Nepaug average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ann Antolini SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Har-bur Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Northwestern Regional Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern Regional High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Lewis S. Mills High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nepaug school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nepaug measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Nepaug against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nepaug
Is Nepaug a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nepaug ranks 1,669th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nepaug expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $425,362. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $136,383 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Nepaug safe?
Yes, Nepaug is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
Compare Nepaug with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nepaug. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nepaug represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Nepaug detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nepaug: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nepaug: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nepaug: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nepaug: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nepaug detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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